Road deaths uk 2015

PUBLISHED: 17:08 17 August 2018 | UPDATED: 17:08 17 August 2018 Nathalie Raffray Simonne Kerr with her son Kavele Picture: NHS Blood & Transplant Archant Tributes have been paid to a young Wembley mum who was stabbed to death in south London this week. Simonne Kerr, a volunteer at Harlesden’s Sickle Cell Society (SCS), was killed on Wednesday. She had campaigned for blood donors following the death of her six-year-old son Kavele in 2015.She hit national screens as a finalist on Britain’s Got Talent earlier this year, where she sang with the B Positive Choir – a group whose lives had all been touched in some way by blood donation.The 31-year-old was found by police in Grayshott Road, Battersea, where she died at 1.41pm from multiple stab injuries, Scotland Yard said.A haematology and oncology nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, Simonne also had the sickle cell trait.She raised her young son, Kavele, who tragically … [Read more...] about Simonne Kerr: Tributes to Wembley campaigner and Britain’s Got Talent finalist stabbed to death in Battersea

Motoring by Press Association 09/08/2018, 3:04 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Drink-drive deaths in Great Britain have soared by 35 per cent to a four-year high, the Department for Transport revealed today. Publishing its final estimates for road traffic collisions involving drink-driving in 2016 – the most recent year for which figures are available – the DfT estimates that 230 people were killed in accidents where at least one driver or rider was over the drink-drive limit, while 200 were estimated to have been killed in 2015. It’s the highest figure since 2012, when 230 people were also estimated to have been killed through alcohol-related driving. Overall casualties involving drink-drivers have risen less dramatically, but the seven per cent increase on 2015 still resulted in 9,040 people killed or injured across 6,070 incidents where at least one driver was over the legal limit. Fatalities … [Read more...] about Drink-driving deaths reach highest level in four years

Similar to death and taxes, road accidents are an unfortunate part of life, especially on today’s highly-congested roads. Our buddies at Your Legal Friend came up with a unique infographic to explain the most common road accidents in the UK, which are surprisingly similar to the crash rates in the United States. Your Legal Friend recently conducted a study on the dynamics and circumstances surrounding road crashes. The firm leveraged their experience in personal injury law to analyze more than 25,000 incident reports. Their findings are something we should all pay attention to, regardless of where we live. For example, from the Your Legal Friend study, we see a trend between the most common types of road accidents and the types of people most likely to be involved in a crash. We even see how some parts of the year are worse than others. Did you know road accidents are most likely to occur on a Friday in July? Here are the highlights of the study Your Legal Friend conducted. It … [Read more...] about Most Common Road Accidents & What to Do After a Crash

THE Volvo XC90 has been hailed as one of Britain's safest ever cars. The big SUV has never recorded any fatalities on UK roads since records began, according to latest figures. Analysis by Thatcham Research of police accident stats and insurance claims found no record of anyone ever dying in a XC90. That includes as a driver or passenger and dates back to when records began in 2004. At that point the first generation of the Swedish SUV had only been on sale for two years. And since then around 54,000 models have been sold in the UK with the mark two 2015 model proving a big hit. It was one of the first cars to adopt safety systems that could detect hazards and warn drivers. These have since evolved to autonomous emergency braking (AEB) systems which allows cars to slam on the brakes before a crash. Thatcham says this type of tech has the chance to save 1,100 lives in the UK over the next decade - and prevent 122,000 casualties. The XC90 news puts Volvo on track to help its "Vision … [Read more...] about Volvo XC90 could be the safest car EVER as it’s revealed there have been no UK deaths since 2004